Shown on correlation chart (Plate 8) as replacing Magoffin Member at the base of the Four Corners Formation (new) in the Virginia and West Virginia portion of the Cumberland plateau. Unit, however, is not discussed in text.
[Because of limited documentation, assignment to Four Corners Formation is not considered a formal revision by the GNU at this time (ca. 1996).]

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A 1-ft-thick fossiliferous limestone bed was discovered by White (1908) and shown as Winifrede Limestone of former Kanawha series, occurring about 66 ft below Winifrede coal bed at its type locality (Krebs and Teets, 1914). Price (IN Krebs and Teets, 1914) described it on South Hollow of Fields Creek near Winifrede Junction, Kanawha Co., southwestern WV. Here redefined as Winifrede Shale Member of Kanawha Formation. Consists of 10 to 15 ft of dark-gray, fossiliferous, commonly sandy shale in Kanawha River valley, which locally may have local thin discontinuous nodular limestone at its base. Thickens southward to as much as 97 ft. Correlated with Magoffin Member of Breathitt Formation in KY on the basis of their position above Dingess Shale Member (here formalized) and certain extensively mined coal beds. Hennen and Teets (1919) suggested that Buffalo Creek Limestone of Logan and Mingo Cos. is also equivalent to Winifrede. Recent reconnaissance mapping confirms their conclusions. Marine strata previously assigned to Buffalo Creek Limestone (here abandoned) are now assigned to Winifrede Shale Member. Report contains correlation chart and columnar sections.

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